Manure drill



April 13 1926.

J. c. STANLEY E'r AL MANUR DRILL 'April 13,1926.

J. C. STANLEY ET AL4 IANURE DRILL Filed June 2, 1925 3 Sheets-Shot 2 'I 2227226 m ZFQ; d

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J. C. STANLEY ET AL MANURE Drum Filed June 2, 1923 3 shutpshqnt s Patented Apr. 13, 1926.

UNITED kSTATES 'PATENTOFFl-CE JOHN C. STANLEY AND RICHARD A. EVANS, OF VIAN, OKLAHOMA.

` MANURE DRILL.

Application yfiled. June 2s 19.23. Serial No. 642,956.

To all whom t may concer/n Be it known that JOHN C. STANIEY and RICHARD A. EVANS, citizens of the United States of America, residing at Vian,'in the county of C.dequoyah and State of Oklahoma,

have invented new and useful Improvements in Manure Drills, of which the following is a specification.

r1`he object of the invention is to pro-vide a machine which is adapted to carry aquaritity of manure for fertilizing purposes and deposit it in hillsspaced'apart anyv desired distance by means of yadjustable mechanism carried by the machine, or to deposit ity continuously in a line, the machine being pro' vided with a. pulverizing element by which the clots are thoroughly broken up kso that the manure may be thoroughly mixed with the soil as it is turned under or pressed down' by the covering disksor wheels with which 'the machine is equipped. f

With this general object in view .the invention consists Vin a construction and combination of parts of which a preferred embodiment is shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein z-f Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the invention'.

llfigure 3 is a plan view. Figure 4 is a lperspective, View showing the clutch mechanism by means of whichniotion may be transmitted from the main wheels to the drilling mechanism.

Figure 5 is a perspective detail view showing the chute door and the intermittent operating means therefor. p The hopperl which is formed with downwardly convergingside, end and rear' walls is mounted on a truck frame2 provided with a transverse shaft 3 constituting an axle and with a forward pivotal truck 4havingl a draft tongue 5 and wheels by means of which the mechanism may be transported. On the forward wheel ofthe hopper there is carried a manure chute or spout -7 formed preferably of sheet metal and provided with an integral shield' 8 which is secured to the hopper wall, an elevator belt 9 traversing anv idler sprocket 10 mounted on a transverse shaft 11 carried at the upper end of the hopper and also traversing a sprocket 12 carried by the axle shaft 3, the elevator shaft being provided with shovels 13 spaced uniformly along the belt. 'When power is trans- Iligure 2 isa central vertical sectional view.

' mitted to the axle shaft by the turning'of the ground wheels 14` by whichE/it is supported, (through the instrumentality of clutch mechanism hereinafter described), the axle shaft is caused-to rotate and with it thel sprocket wheel '13 and the elevator belt -9 and the manure contained in the hopper is raised by the shovels and deposited in the chute or spout Z' to be dropped on the ground either in hills or in a `continuous' row, depending onwhether the gate or door 15 with which the chute or spout is equipped atthe lower end isV opened intermittently or re tained in open position, the gate being held continuously open'or opened intermittently as desired by mechanism hereinafter described. V t Prior to being deposited in the chute or spout they manure is subjected tothe pulverizing operation of a roll 16 equipped with teeth 17 arrangedV in spiralsupon its periphery,`the'roll being mounted on a shaft 18 ljo'urnaled. atv the upper extremity of a support 19 and motion being transmitted tok it''hrough the sha-ft bymeans of a sprocket 2O carried on theV shaftand traversedby a chain 21 which also traverses a sprocket-22 mounted on the axle shaft'-` y f The ground wheels 14 are normally rota?. tableon the axle shaft but each on theini ner face of its'A hub is provided with 'ayclu'tch' element23 engageable with a complemental elements 23 on the ground wheels, the latter are free to rotate on theyshaft and this: rotary motion is not transmitted to the axle and hence the pulverizing roll and thefele-l i vater will remain relatively stationary but in the event of the clutch'members24 and 23 being engaged, the movement ofthe motion over the ground will also impart rotary movementto the axleand with it movement to the elevator beltand to the. pulverizing roll. Y The'means for actuating the clutch elements V24 consists of a vertical shaft`25 provided with a crank handle 26 by means Y of which angular or turning movement ma be imparted to lthe shaft and at its lower en on diametrically opposite sides, there are connected with it the shifter rods 27, universal connections being provided between the shifter rods and the shaft 25, so that on angular or turning movement of theshaft, lon- A Provision is made for the support of an operator at the rear of the hopper l and this consists of a seat 28 mounted at the upper extremity ofl asupport 29 which consists of a stout rod ybei-itto provide two upstanding legs of which the lower extremities are turned outwardly and Apivotally engage lin the sides of the frame 2, the seat being held in elevatedposition by means ofa vhook 30 connected with kthe rod at thepoint where it is bent back on itself and enga ino' an y opening formed inthe rear. wall; of t e opper adjacent the upper edge. r Obviously dis- VQQIlricction of the hook :will permit the lowering of the seat when occasion demands.

If the manureis to be deposited in hills, it is essential that the door ork gate l5 at the lower pend' of the chute be intermittently operated and inorder thatthis may be accomplished, the gate is provided with a rearwardly v extending arm `3l which is connected to` the intermediate portion. 32 of the lrocker yoke.- 38 which is journaled, asindicatediat 34, on opposite sides of the frame, a ,spr-ing'being secured tothe frame and bearing portion 32 ofthe rocker yoke and tending `to keep the gate in c losedy y position. The yoke has extending fromone journalanarm lfwhich is adapted for engtgemlt with tappet pins 37 selectively arrangeablein a series ofuniformly spaced perforations 38 the vsprocket 22, ,sok that upony impact of eachv point with Ythe Varm v36,

rocking movementmay be im arted to the yoke against ythe pressureoft e spring 35, thus effecting intermittent opening movement of the gateBO with the consequent .deposit of acertainamount of manure depending on the length of time which thelgate is heldopen. .Obviously by the proper'selection and spacing of `rthe tappet-pins.37,the time of o ening of the gate maybe determined andl thus the desired spacing of the hills of manure. In the event that it is desired to continuously hold the gate in open position, the rocker yoke 34 has projecting fromv theoppositejournal any upright arm 39. which may be engagedwith a latch bar 40, carried v'by the hopper. The V,engagement ofthe latch bar with the arm 38 will obviously holdthe intermediate portion of the yoke elevated land the gate in open position, so

that the manure raised by the elevator will be continuously deposited in the chute or spout and dropped in a continuous row on the ground.

In order that the freshly deposited manure may be properly covered to save its strength in the soil for the growing erop, follower disks o'r wheels 4l are provided, these being carried at the extremities of armsi42 which are pivotally mounted 0n the axleA shaft 3 and depressed at their soil carryingv ends by means of springs 43, the

covering disk being arranged in a pair of which the units are complemental to each other and cooperate to press the manure into the ground.

'Ihepulverizinof roll 17 is mounted for adjustment ltoward5 and away 'from the elevatorbelt and its attendant shovels, thesupports 19 swinging on the a-Xle as a pivot and being provided with adjusting means com prising abar 44 formed 'with aV plurality of p'erforations or openings 45 selectively engageable with a pin 46 carriedon the outer Side wall of the hopper 1, the bar having a spring' tendency toward the side of the hopper and being disengaged from the pin by deflection away from the hopper.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new and useful is:-

, A machine for the purpose indicated comprising a hopper, a discharge chute or spout carried by the forward end of the hopper, an elevator traversing thehopper and dis-kv charging into the chute, a gate controlling the discharge from the mouth endV of the chute, a pulverizing rollmounted at the top of the hopper in close roXimity to the elevator, supporting mem ers disposed on opposite sides roll having ar shaft journaledA inthe upper ends of said supporting members andthe latter being pivotally mounted at the 'axis of one of the elevator supporting rolls, and `an adjusting bar carried by one of'l the supof the hopper,-t`he pulverizing V vporting members and having a spring tendency toward the side wall ofthe hopper, said bar being provided with a plurality of holes and the hopper being provided with a pin with which said holes'are selectively engage,- able, whereby the position of the pulvvejri'zing rolly with lreference to the elevator may be varied. v In testimony whereof they aflix their signatures.

' JOHN C. STANLEY.

RICHARD-A. EVANS, 

